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Feasibility and safety of robot-assisted salvage prostatectomy for recurrent prostate cancer following radiation therapy

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We report a comparison of perioperative complications and pathologic outcomes in patients with locally radiorecurrent prostate cancer treated by open radical retropubic or robot-assisted prostatectomy. The results of our study demonstrate that both surgical approaches were feasible and safe without any significant perioperative complications (death, rectal injury) with comparable short-term outcomes.

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  1. Department of Urology, University of Michigan Health System, 1500 E. Medical Center Drive, A. Alfred Taubman Health Care Center, Room 3875, Ann Arbor, MI, 48109-0330, USA

    Simon P. Kim, Brent K. Hollenbeck, Walter R. Parker, Jessica Labo & David P. Wood Jr

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Kim, S.P., Hollenbeck, B.K., Parker, W.R. et al. Feasibility and safety of robot-assisted salvage prostatectomy for recurrent prostate cancer following radiation therapy. J Robotic Surg 2, 81–83 (2008). https://doi.org/10.1007/s11701-008-0082-x

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